Industry: Colleges

Paul E. Broad

Paul has a general labour and employment practice, and works with a variety of employers in both the public and private sectors in a broad range of areas including employment standards, privacy and information management, labour relations, human rights and accessibility-related issues.

Colleges

While the education landscape continuously shifts, the college sector continues to be affected by limited government funding—with the ongoing challenge of delivering effective education in an efficient manner to a varied student body. As changes occur to the economy, technology and the workforce, so too must the program options that colleges deliver. This creates an…

HRTO Decision Granting Significant Remedies Upheld on Appeal

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The Divisional Court has upheld a decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in which the Tribunal ordered significant damages against the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board and also ordered reinstatement of an employee after an almost decade-long absence from the workplace. The Court agreed with the applicant’s submission that “the goal of the remedial provisions of the Code ought not to…

Ontario Re-Introduces BPS Accountability, Transparency Legislation (Formerly Bill 179)

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On July 8, 2014, the Ontario government re-introduced broader public sector (“BPS”) accountability and transparency legislation. If passed, proposed measures in Bill 8, the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014, would give the government the authority to create comprehensive compensation frameworks for certain employers in the BPS, and would implement a number…

Supervisors of Part-Time College Employees Now Excluded from Union Membership

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In a decision with important implications for colleges across the province, Arbitrator Brian Keller has found that college employees who supervise part-time bargaining unit members are excluded from bargaining unit membership by operation of the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act (the “CCBA” or “Act“). In this FTR Now, we discuss this decision and its significance for…

Ontario Government Proposes New Public Sector Compensation Restraint Legislation

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On Monday, March 24, 2014, the Ontario government introduced Bill 179, the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014. If passed, Bill 179 would give the government the authority to create comprehensive compensation frameworks for certain employers in the broader public sector (“BPS”), and would implement a number of measures to enhance “accountability…

College Update – Second Edition

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Dear Friends, Spring is just around the corner and with the changing of the season, what better time for us to welcome our second edition of College Update! Hicks Morley’s College Practice Group is pleased to periodically provide our College clients with specific information relevant to your particu­lar interests. In this edition we discuss labour…

BYOD Policy – Charting A Good Path To Higher Ground

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The desire to use personal mobile devices to undertake work has risen like the incoming tide. Employers must make a choice: turn the tide on the use of personal devices by re-enforcing an outright ban or chart a thoughtful path to higher “Bring Your Own Device” or “BYOD” ground. Employers that do neither will sink…

Hicks Morley Congratulates Recipients of the 2012 Premier’s Awards

Hicks Morley was a proud sponsor of the 2012 Premier’s Awards for Outstanding Colleges Graduates and would like to extend a very special congratulations to all the organizations and individuals that won awards this year. The Premier’s Awards recognize the tremendous contribution Ontario’s college graduates make to the success of the province. View a listing…